ReviewDeutsches Arzteblatt international2015
Palliative Care of Adult Patients With Cancer.
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- A pilot randomized placebo-controlled study on modified MaZiRenWan: a formulated Chinese medicine to relieve constipation for palliative cancer patients.Chinese medicine · 2022Article
- What is known about palliative care in adult patients with allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT)?Annals of hematology · 2021Review
- The need for oral assessment and referral practices tool for palliative patients in Brunei Darussalam: A cross-sectional study.Nursing open · 2021Article
- Establishment of a Palliative Care Consultation Service (PCCS) in an Acute Hospital Setting.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The Palliative Care of Patients With Incurable Cancer.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2020Article
- Prevalence of hyponatremia in inpatients with incurable and life-limiting diseases and its association with physical symptoms-a retrospective descriptive study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn Germany, the annual mortality rate from cancer in the year 2011 was 269.9 deaths per 100 000 persons; every fourth death was due to cancer. A central objective of palliative care is to maintain the best possible quality of life for cancer patients right up to the end of their lives.
methodsThe PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases were systematically searched for pertinent publications, and the ones that were selected were assessed as recommended by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. As part of the German Guideline Program in Oncology, recommendations for the S3 Guideline on Palliative Care concerning seven different topics in the management of adult patients with incurable cancer were developed by a representative expert panel employing a consensus process.
resultsOpioids are the drugs of first choice for severe and moderately severe cancer-related pain, and for breathlessness. No clinically relevant respiratory depression was observed in any study. When opioids are used, accompanying medication to prevent constipation is recommended. Drugs other than opioids are ineffective against breathlessness, but clinical experience has shown that benzodiazepines and opioids can be used in combination in advanced stages of disease, or if the patient suffers from marked anxiety. Depression should be treated even in patients with a short life expectancy; psychotherapy is indicated, and antidepressant medication is indicated as well if depression is at least moderately severe. Communication skills, an essential component of palliative care, play a major role in conversations between the physician and the patient about the diagnosis, the prognosis, and the patient's wish to hasten death. When the dying phase begins, tumor-specific treatments should be stopped.
conclusionPalliative care should be offered to cancer patients with incurable disease. Generalist and specialist palliative care constitute a central component of patient care, with the goal of achieving the best possible quality of life for the patient.
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